Javahn Walker

Javahn Walker was a New Jersey Democratic politician who ran for his state's 6th congressional district in 2017, losing in the party primary to incumbent Frank Pallone.

Biography
Javahn Walker was born into a middle-class household, and he grew up in several cities in New Jersey and, briefly, in Georgia. He graduated from Perry High School in Georgia before moving to New Brunswick to live and study at Rutgers University, and he went on to become involved in Democratic politics. In 2017, he sought his party's nomination for New Jersey's 6th district in the US House of Representatives, but he was overwhelmingly defeated in the primary by Frank Pallone, who won 86.24% of the vote to Walker's 13.76%.